Paph philippinense

[JawDroppingSlippers]

After purchasing the Paph philippinense from Orchid Inn in February, it quickly grew a spike and by April the first of four flowers started to open up. Over the past month as the flowers matured, the petals started to twist . The first three flowers opened nicely, but as the tip got heavier I decided to snip the third flower, perhaps giving the last one a chance to further develop. The cut flower was not wasted but preserved dried using activa silica gel.

 

[dodidoki]

Grear phil. with nice, long twisted petals!

 

[Justin]

Wow gorgeous petals

 

[Ozpaph]

lovely twists.
staking it might help the display

 

[Guldal]

Nice philie!

 

[SlipperKing]

Interesting outcome. Which two parents did Sam use in this generation?

 

[GuRu]

Lovely flowers. With this long twisted petals and the lack of green markings in the staminode might this be var. roebellenii ?

 

[JawDroppingSlippers]

Thank you for the compliments.
It‘s a Paph. philippinense x sib ('Super Twister' x 'Alford' AM/AOS). I read somewhere in this forum that higher humidity helps with twisting so I had this very close to a reptile fogger while in spike, about 8-12 inches away. The last bloom is starting to open up now

 

[JimNJ]

After purchasing the Paph philippinense from Orchid Inn in February, it quickly grew a spike and by April the first of four flowers started to open up. Over the past month as the flowers matured, the petals started to twist . The first three flowers opened nicely, but as the tip got heavier I decided to snip the third flower, perhaps giving the last one a chance to further develop. The cut flower was not wasted but preserved dried using activa silica gel.
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Congratulations - Very nice color as well. Looks like the plant is compact too, what is the leafspread?

 

[h_mossy]

Gorgeous 'twisty's!

 

[Duck Slipper]

Excellent. Gotta love Alford and twisting red petals.

 

[JawDroppingSlippers]

Congratulations - Very nice color as well. Looks like the plant is compact too, what is the leafspread?

Thanks! The longest leaf is 8inches. The plant width is 12inches. If I had staked it vertically, the overall height would have been 24inches tall.

 

[NEslipper]

Great tight twists, I love it! Congrats!